40 years old
Art rock, Indie, Rockabilly, Alternative
"Big thumping stadium rock with as much panache as humanly possible... potent riffs that crunch in with as much vigour as recent Queens of the Stone Age records...The Wow Signal have made traditional rock interesting again, and it's about time. All kick and no kitsch. " Lee Puddefoot, Artrocker Magazine. Overall, a combination of world class drumming, warm pulsing punkish guitars overlaid with bluesy/effect laden modal riffs, ventures into abstract noise and lyrics about alien abductions, one night stands, and hungover musings on mortality, sex, dreams and politics swirled together. The Wow Signal, named after an unexplained alien communication picked up on radio telescopes in the 70s, comprise US singer / songwriter / guitarist Andrew Mangold, Italian guitarist Paolo Kralj, Ukrainian bassist Dmytriy Afanasyev and Australian drummer Darren Lee. Â?Infinitys LobbyÂ?, the debut album of these four intensely focussed excellent musicians gelling together to create epic, gut wrenching alternative rock music, was produced by Marc Waterman (Elastica, Ash, Depeche Mode) in Londons Fortress Studios. The title track of the album was released as a single in November and awarded "Artrocker Recommends" status in their January issue by Alice Wagstaffe, who wrote "Infinity's Lobby sounds like a depressing place to be - like sitting in the car-park outside purgatory for an eternity. And yet this little power-punk number is anything but grim. With fantastic, retro vocals that remind me of an unplaceable 70s frontman and excited punchy guitars, it's got real direction and pace, as singer Andrew Mangold shouts "look at me!" before jabbering something inaudible. If this is the lobby, I can't wait to get inside." "Sometimes, you just get an overwhelming feeling that a band is standing on the verge of very big things, it's exactly this kind of feeling that washes over you when listening to Shoreditch based indie rock newcomers, The Wow Signal. Debut single, INFINITY'S LOBBY is an impressively epic sounding calling card, a swirl of near psychedelic guitar grooves and dark menacing intent, the band sounding equal parts Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Joy Division and U2." Mike Bond - UK Music Review



14/06/09
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